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Question 1
| Top 5 most valuable players by position | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Team | Country | Goals | Assists | Value (USD) | |
| Forward | ||||||
| Kylian Mbappé | Paris S-G | France | 33 | 7 | 200M | |
| Neymar | Paris S-G | Brazil | 15 | 7 | 180M | |
| Lionel Messi | Barcelona | Argentina | 36 | 13 | 150M | |
| Eden Hazard | Chelsea | Belgium | 16 | 15 | 150M | |
| Mohamed Salah | Liverpool | Egypt | 22 | 8 | 150M | |
| # Average top 5 | — | — | — | 24 | 10 | 166M |
| Midfielder | ||||||
| Kevin De Bruyne | Manchester City | Belgium | 2 | 2 | 130M | |
| N'Golo Kanté | Chelsea | France | 4 | 4 | 100M | |
| Paul Pogba | Manchester Utd | France | 13 | 9 | 100M | |
| Christian Eriksen | Tottenham | Denmark | 8 | 12 | 100M | |
| Saúl Ñíguez | Atlético Madrid | Spain | 4 | 1 | 90M | |
| # Average top 5 | — | — | — | 6 | 6 | 104M |
| Defender | ||||||
| Virgil van Dijk | Liverpool | Netherlands | 4 | 2 | 90M | |
| Trent Alexander-Arnold | Liverpool | England | 1 | 12 | 80M | |
| Aymeric Laporte | Manchester City | France | 3 | 3 | 75M | |
| Kalidou Koulibaly | Napoli | Senegal | 2 | 2 | 75M | |
| Lucas Hernández | Atlético Madrid | France | 1 | 0 | 70M | |
| # Average top 5 | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 78M |
| Goalkeeper | ||||||
| Marc-André ter Stegen | Barcelona | Germany | 0 | 0 | 90M | |
| Alisson | Liverpool | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 80M | |
| Ederson | Manchester City | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 70M | |
| David de Gea | Manchester Utd | Spain | 0 | 0 | 65M | |
| Gianluigi Donnarumma | Milan | Italy | 0 | 0 | 55M | |
| # Average top 5 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 72M |
| *Data merged from transfermarkt.de and fbref.com by Rafael Stepien and available on Kaggle* | ||||||
Question 2
| Top 20 Scorers - Teams and Leagues | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Team | League | Goals |
| Lionel Messi | Barcelona | La Liga | 36 |
| Kylian Mbappé | Paris S-G | Ligue 1 | 33 |
| Fabio Quagliarella | Sampdoria | Serie A | 26 |
| Duván Zapata | Atalanta | Serie A | 23 |
| Mohamed Salah | Liverpool | Premier League | 22 |
| Sadio Mané | Liverpool | Premier League | 22 |
| Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Arsenal | Premier League | 22 |
| Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich | Bundesliga | 22 |
| Nicolas Pépé | Lille | Ligue 1 | 22 |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Juventus | Serie A | 21 |
| Sergio Agüero | Manchester City | Premier League | 21 |
| Luis Suárez | Barcelona | La Liga | 21 |
| Karim Benzema | Real Madrid | La Liga | 21 |
| Iago Aspas | Celta Vigo | La Liga | 20 |
| Cristhian Stuani | Girona | La Liga | 19 |
| Edinson Cavani | Paris S-G | Ligue 1 | 18 |
| Wissam Ben Yedder | Sevilla | La Liga | 18 |
| Paco Alcácer | Dortmund | Bundesliga | 18 |
| Jamie Vardy | Leicester City | Premier League | 18 |
| Harry Kane | Tottenham | Premier League | 17 |
| *Data merged from transfermarkt.de and fbref.com for 2018/19 season by Rafael Stepien and available on Kaggle* | |||
Question 3
| Top 10 Countries by their 5 Top Scorers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Team | League | Goals | |
| France | ||||
| Kylian Mbappé | Paris S-G | Ligue 1 | 33 | |
| Karim Benzema | Real Madrid | La Liga | 21 | |
| Wissam Ben Yedder | Sevilla | La Liga | 18 | |
| Florian Thauvin | Marseille | Ligue 1 | 16 | |
| Antoine Griezmann | Atlético Madrid | La Liga | 15 | |
| # Goals per Country | — | — | — | 103 |
| Argentina | ||||
| Lionel Messi | Barcelona | La Liga | 36 | |
| Sergio Agüero | Manchester City | Premier League | 21 | |
| Ángel Di María | Paris S-G | Ligue 1 | 12 | |
| Mauro Icardi | Inter | Serie A | 11 | |
| Gonzalo Higuaín | Chelsea | Premier League | 5 | |
| Gonzalo Higuaín | Milan | Serie A | 5 | |
| # Goals per Country | — | — | — | 90 |
| Italy | ||||
| Fabio Quagliarella | Sampdoria | Serie A | 26 | |
| Andrea Petagna | SPAL | Serie A | 16 | |
| Leonardo Pavoletti | Cagliari | Serie A | 16 | |
| Francesco Caputo | Empoli | Serie A | 16 | |
| Andrea Belotti | Torino | Serie A | 15 | |
| # Goals per Country | — | — | — | 89 |
| Spain | ||||
| Iago Aspas | Celta Vigo | La Liga | 20 | |
| Paco Alcácer | Dortmund | Bundesliga | 18 | |
| Borja Iglesias | Espanyol | La Liga | 17 | |
| Jaime Mata | Getafe | La Liga | 14 | |
| Jorge Molina | Getafe | La Liga | 14 | |
| # Goals per Country | — | — | — | 83 |
| England | ||||
| Jamie Vardy | Leicester City | Premier League | 18 | |
| Harry Kane | Tottenham | Premier League | 17 | |
| Raheem Sterling | Manchester City | Premier League | 17 | |
| Callum Wilson | Bournemouth | Premier League | 14 | |
| Glenn Murray | Brighton | Premier League | 13 | |
| # Goals per Country | — | — | — | 79 |
| Uruguay | ||||
| Luis Suárez | Barcelona | La Liga | 21 | |
| Cristhian Stuani | Girona | La Liga | 19 | |
| Edinson Cavani | Paris S-G | Ligue 1 | 18 | |
| Maxi Gómez | Celta Vigo | La Liga | 13 | |
| Gastón Ramírez | Sampdoria | Serie A | 4 | |
| # Goals per Country | — | — | — | 75 |
| Germany | ||||
| Kai Havertz | Leverkusen | Bundesliga | 17 | |
| Marco Reus | Dortmund | Bundesliga | 17 | |
| Timo Werner | RB Leipzig | Bundesliga | 16 | |
| Kevin Volland | Leverkusen | Bundesliga | 14 | |
| Leroy Sané | Manchester City | Premier League | 10 | |
| # Goals per Country | — | — | — | 74 |
| Brazil | ||||
| Neymar | Paris S-G | Ligue 1 | 15 | |
| Charles | Eibar | La Liga | 14 | |
| Richarlison | Everton | Premier League | 13 | |
| Roberto Firmino | Liverpool | Premier League | 12 | |
| Willian José | Real Sociedad | La Liga | 11 | |
| # Goals per Country | — | — | — | 65 |
| Belgium | ||||
| Eden Hazard | Chelsea | Premier League | 16 | |
| Dries Mertens | Napoli | Serie A | 16 | |
| Romelu Lukaku | Manchester Utd | Premier League | 12 | |
| Dodi Lukebakio | Düsseldorf | Bundesliga | 10 | |
| Benito Raman | Düsseldorf | Bundesliga | 10 | |
| # Goals per Country | — | — | — | 64 |
| Portugal | ||||
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Juventus | Serie A | 21 | |
| Diogo Jota | Wolves | Premier League | 9 | |
| André Silva | Sevilla | La Liga | 9 | |
| Rafael Leão | Lille | Ligue 1 | 8 | |
| Bernardo Silva | Manchester City | Premier League | 7 | |
| # Goals per Country | — | — | — | 54 |
| *Data merged from transfermarkt.de and fbref.com for 2018/19 season by Rafael Stepien and available on Kaggle* | ||||